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I Want You to Be My Girl

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"I Want You to Be My Girl"
Single by The Teenagers
featuring Frankie Lymon
from the album
The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
B-side"I'm Not a Know It All"
ReleasedApril 1956
GenreRock and roll
Length2:50
LabelGee
Songwriter(s)George Goldner, Richard Barrett
The Teenagers
featuring Frankie Lymon
singles chronology
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
(1956)
"I Want You to Be My Girl"
(1956)
"I Promise to Remember" / "Who Can Explain?"
(1956)

"I Want You to Be My Girl" is a song written by George Goldner and Richard Barrett and performed by The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon. It reached #3 on the U.S. R&B chart and #13 on the Billboard pop chart in 1956.[1] The song was featured on their 1956 album, The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon.[2]

Other versions

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  • The Exciters released a version of the song as a single in 1965 entitled "I Want You to Be My Boy" that reached #98 on the Billboard pop chart.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon, "I Want You to Be My Girl" Chart Positions". Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon, The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon". Discogs. December 1956. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "The Exciters, "I Want You to Be My Boy" Chart Positions". Retrieved December 8, 2016.